Epiplema desistaria (Walker, 1861)
(one synonym : Erosia instabilata Walker, 1866)
EPIPLEMINAE,   URANIIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Epiplema desistaria
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moths of this species have a complex pattern, of shades of brown on each wing, with a ragged white hind margin to each forewing and to the costa of each hindwing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species occurs in :

  • Borneo,

    and also in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 214.

    Francis Walker,
    Geometrites,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 23 (1861), p. 853, No. 41.


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    (updated 6 March 2013)